Powder tower
A powder tower (German: Pulverturm), occasionally also powder house (Pulverhaus), was a building used by the military or by mining companies, frequently a tower, to store gunpowder or, later, explosives. They were common until the 20th century, but were increasingly succeeded by gunpowder magazines and ammunition depots. The explosion of a powder tower could be catastrophic as, for example, in the Delft Explosion of 1654.
Buildings formerly used as powder towers include the following:
- in Aachen
- Pulverturm, Andernach
- Pulverturm, Bad Bentheim
- Pulverturm, Burghausen
- in Chur
- in Einbeck
- Pulverturm, Johanngeorgenstadt
- Pulverturm, Leutkirch im Allgäu
- Pulverturm, Merano
- in Münster
- Pulverturm, Ochsenfurt
- Pulverturm, Oldenburg
- , Namibia
- Powder Tower, Prague (Prašná brána)
- Powder Tower, Riga (Pulvertornis)
- Pulverturm, Templin
- Pulverturm, Zofingen
- Pulverturm in Zwickau
The , bears the name, but was probably not used for this purpose.
Gallery[]
The Powder Tower in Prague
Pulverturm in Oldenburg with remains of the old town wall
Pulverturm Wiedenbrück, exterior view
Pulverturm in Landsberg am Lech
Pulverturm in Lindau
Pulverturm in Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate
Pulverturm in Riga
Pulverturm in Memmingen
Langer Turm in Aachen
Pulverturm in Linz am Rhein
Pulverturm in Rottenburg/Neckar
Pulverturm in Johanngeorgenstadt
Pulverturm in Otjimbingwe, Namibia
Pulverturm in Zofingen
Pulverturm in Zwickau
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